Chapter 22.
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CHAP. 22.— An act providing for the maintenance of discipline among customs officers.December 18, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Customs officers, etc. Punishment of, for neglect or minor delinquency. That the several collectors, naval officers, surveyors, and appraisers shall have power, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, as punishment for any neglect or minor delinquency the punishment whereof is not prescribed by law, to suspend from duty with loss of pay for a Limitation.period not to exceed thirty days for any one cause, any customs officer or employee nominated or appointed and subordinate to such *Proviso*.collector, naval officer, surveyor, or appraiser: *Provided, however*, That the Secretary of the Treasury may. on application by the suspended person within one year from the expiration of the suspension, m his discretion pay the whole or any part of the pay forfeited by reason of said suspension.
Approved, December 18, 1890.